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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 159

List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 159

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This is a list of cases reported in volume 159 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1895.

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Justices of the Supreme Court at the time of volume 159 U.S.

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The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).[1] Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).

When the cases in volume 159 were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:

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Notable Case in 159 U.S.

Hilton v. Guyot

In Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113 (1895), the Supreme Court ruled that the recognition and enforceability of a foreign judgment rested on the "comity of nations," namely whether there would be any reciprocity and mutual recognition by the foreign jurisdiction from which the judgment was issued.[2] Hilton established the fundamental basis for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States,[3] remaining "the most detailed exposition of any American court" on this principle.[4] It is also viewed as the quintessential statement of comity in international law,[5] and is one of the earliest decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court to assert that international law is part of U.S. law.

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See also: United States district court
See also: United States circuit court
See also: United States court of appeals
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Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.

The Judiciary Act of 1891 created the United States Courts of Appeals and reassigned the jurisdiction of most routine appeals from the district and circuit courts to these appellate courts. The Act created nine new courts that were originally known as the "United States Circuit Courts of Appeals." The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions. The Supreme Court could review either legal issues that a court of appeals certified or decisions of court of appeals by writ of certiorari.

Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.

List of cases in volume 159 U.S.

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Notes and references

    1. [1]
      "Supreme Court Research Guide". Georgetown Law Library. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    2. [2]
      "Overview of U.S. Law – Proskauer on International Litigation and Arbitration". www.proskauerguide.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
    3. [3]
      David J. Levy, International Litigation: Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts (American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2003), p. 343, 346.
    4. [4]
      Levy, p. 343 (quoting Willis L. M. Reese, The Status in this Country of Judgments Rendered Abroad, 50 Columbia Law Review 783, 790 (1950))).
    5. [5]
      International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts:, 2d rev. ed., p. 355.

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